When dealing with significant life changes such as divorce, death of a family member, or economic crisis, children's emotional needs are as important as their physical needs.

Having access to counseling and therapy at the onset of a crisis is critical. Offering children the support they need at this critical junction has been proven to prevent negative behaviors such as violence, substance abuse, self-destruction as well as lifelong emotional and psychological issues.

For struggling families, counseling is a luxury they often cannot afford.

The Ted & Deborah Bernstein Family Foundation, established in 2007, is a registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Its mission is to financially assist families and children in need of counseling and therapeutic services that would be otherwise unavailable to them due to financial limitations.